Comments on: Theme & Variations http://www.matthewbietz.org/2007/05/03/theme-variations/ Assistant Project Scientist and Affiliate Assistant Professor Fri, 31 Dec 2010 07:55:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mbietz http://www.matthewbietz.org/2007/05/03/theme-variations/comment-page-1/#comment-3 mbietz Mon, 07 May 2007 23:04:06 +0000 http://www.matthewbietz.org/2007/05/03/theme-variations/#comment-3 Thanks Eric - a beer sounds great. I didn't realize that your music was improvisational. My own background in "classical" music didn't really deal with improvisation. Your comments makes me realize that I don't even know how much "popular" music involves improvisation. Is it the norm? Thanks Eric – a beer sounds great. I didn’t realize that your music was improvisational. My own background in “classical” music didn’t really deal with improvisation. Your comments makes me realize that I don’t even know how much “popular” music involves improvisation. Is it the norm?

]]> By: ericcook http://www.matthewbietz.org/2007/05/03/theme-variations/comment-page-1/#comment-2 ericcook Mon, 07 May 2007 19:24:22 +0000 http://www.matthewbietz.org/2007/05/03/theme-variations/#comment-2 Matt, it is beyond the scope of a blog reply to deal with, but if you're interested in improvisation from a practitioner's perspective, we should have a conversation next time you're in A.A. I spent most of the 90s playing <a HREF="http://www.simulated.net/discography.php" rel="nofollow">improv rock, electronic and free music</a>, and still do a litle when I find the time. Admittedly, this was all from the garage-band/self-taught side of the music world, so there are definitely technique, training and canon concerns that would be different from a formally trained jazz musician... but I certainly clocked in a lot of hours doing it. We should get a beer and talk. Matt, it is beyond the scope of a blog reply to deal with, but if you’re interested in improvisation from a practitioner’s perspective, we should have a conversation next time you’re in A.A. I spent most of the 90s playing improv rock, electronic and free music, and still do a litle when I find the time.

Admittedly, this was all from the garage-band/self-taught side of the music world, so there are definitely technique, training and canon concerns that would be different from a formally trained jazz musician… but I certainly clocked in a lot of hours doing it. We should get a beer and talk.

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